[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 25

Lewisham 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Rodent control — treatment of rivers
In addition to the measures taken to deal with the destruction of
rats in private and business premises, special efforts are made to cope
with this problem as it affects the rivers in the borough.
The normal practice followed in treating rivers is to lay prebait
on three or four consecutive days followed by poison bait on the fourth
or fifth day. The poison bait used is zinc phosphide mixed with sausage
rusk and water.
The following table gives a summary of work carried out in respect
of the rivers during 1951 :—

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River	Location	No. of base points	Prebaiting				Poison bait		Estimated rats killed
			No. of days on which prebait laid	Results			Amount laid (ozs.)	Amount taken (ozs.)
				Takes	Small takes	No takes
				Quaggy	Lee Green to Silk Mills Path	82				3	12	29	41	164	82½	206
			Ravens-bourne	Silk Mills Path to Loampit Vale	21	3	3	14		4	68	31½	79
	Loampit Vale to Ladywell Recreation Ground	119	3	-	86	33	344	138½	346
	Flower House Estate to Ravens-mead Road	16	4	-	9	7	36	18	45
	Aitken Road to Flower House Estate	12	4	-	7	5	28	14	35
	Fordmill Road to Aitken Road	20	3	-	18	2	72	17 ½	44
	Catford Bridge to Fordmill Road	20	4		11	9	44	22	55
Pool	South Eastern Gas Board Works to Catford Bridge	31	3	14	2	15	64	60	150
	Southend Lane to South Eastern Gas Board Works	30	3	18	—	12	72	72	180

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Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949
A copy of the annual report submitted to the Minister of Agriculture
and Fisheries as required by the provisions of the above Act is appended.

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Lewisham 1951

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